Estuaries and rocky beaches are "guarded" by brown and black bears, gray wolves and cougars.

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Gray wolves will continue to be protected in some areas of the state.

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In 1995, the first batch of gray wolves was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park as part of a controversial reintroduction program.

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The reintroduction of gray wolves into Yellowstone has become a rare success story in the battle to save endangered species in the United States.

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Gray wolves hunt the large animals like elk that were eating so many plants that some of the fauna was in danger of disappearing.

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Although gray wolves once roamed Yellowstone in abundance, before the reintroduction program they had not been sighted in the area for more than 60 years.

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There were once almost two million gray wolves in North America, but they were nearly wiped out by fur traders and hunters in the 1930s.

BBC: Wyoming drops federal protection of gray wolves

Since then, the federal wildlife agency has considered the effective management of gray wolves in Minnesota a critical component in its national gray wolf recovery effort.

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When gray wolves were listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1974, Minnesota hosted one of the only remaining populations of the animals in the lower 48 states.

CNN: Minnesota wolves considered for delisting

The appeal of a court decision to remove reintroduced gray wolves from Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho, postponed because of illness, has be rescheduled for July 29.

CNN: Appeal of wolf removal rescheduled

Indian gray wolves are an endangered species protected by law.

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The Minnesota House Agriculture Committee approved a bill March 10 that will allow the hunting and trapping of Minnesota gray wolves as long as the state wolf population exceeds 1, 600 animals.

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The state of Minnesota has released a draft management plan for gray wolves that could lead to the delisting of the species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Feb. 25.

CNN: Minnesota wolves considered for delisting

Shropshire off-spinner Andy Gray took 4-34 as Wolves were dismissed for 149, Worcestershire prospect Anish Kapil hitting 35 for the visitors.

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